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‘Poisonous relationship’ sends $2.5M Shark Tank winners to court
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-09-04 9:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

The two directors of biodegradable coffee pod startup iCapsulate have been ordered into mediation to try to resolve a feud over whether to liquidate the company, a year after it was offered $2.5 million by an investor on reality TV show Shark Tank.

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Westpac close to settling ASIC’s responsible lending case
Financial Services 2018-09-03 9:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

A trial set to begin Monday morning in ASIC’s landmark case against Westpac alleging the bank breached responsible lending laws was postponed amid settlement talks, which were expected to continue into the evening.

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Exiled broker ponders misleading conduct case against Westpac
Financial Services 2018-09-03 2:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

A mortgage broker can eyeball an internal Westpac document as he considers a misleading and deceptive conduct case against the bank for stripping him of his accreditation without explanation.

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Judge wants ‘something to happen’ in slow-moving CFMMEU whistleblower case
Employment 2018-08-31 11:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge on Friday bemoaned the slow progress of an unfair dismissal suit brought against the CFMMEU by two whistleblowers, telling lawyers at a hearing Friday he wanted “something to happen” in the case

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Truth defence tossed in Chau Chak Wing defamation case
Defamation 2018-08-31 10:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has thrown out the truth defence claimed by the ABC and Fairfax Media in a case brought by Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Dr Chau Chak Wing.

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Optus can access employee docs in fraud case
Telecommunications 2018-08-31 4:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telecommunications giant Optus has won court approval to access employee documents in order to pinpoint the location of a suspected fraudster who obtained over 3,400 Optus mobile devices.

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Deloitte fights order denying privilege in Hastie class action
Appeals 2018-08-31 2:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Auditing firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu wants to challenge a ruling that forces some of its partners to hand over evidence to  shareholders in a class action over accounting work for collapsed engineering company Hastie Group.

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Judges to up scrutiny of confidentiality in class action settlements
Analysis 2018-08-30 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

The decision by a federal judge to refuse calls for a confidentiality order keeping under wraps S&P Global’s massive class action settlement is a welcome one, experts say, and a preview of judgments to come.

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Hytera ordered to hand over source code in Motorola IP dispute
Intellectual Property 2018-08-30 9:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

Chinese tech company Hytera Communications Corporation has been ordered to hand over source code for all radio devices at the heart of a international patent dispute with Motorola Solutions.

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Mark Latham’s defamation defence the ‘antithesis of a pleading’, judge says
Defamation 2018-08-30 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge on Thursday struck out former Prime Minister Mark Latham’s defence in a defamation case filed against him by the political editor of pop culture site Junkee, calling it an “extraordinary document” and the “antithesis of a pleading”.

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